Bye bye Blackberry

Almost a year ago I wrote about my excitement at getting a Blackberry. Last week I got rid of it.

The very things that had originally attracted me, being able to get my email and having access to Twitter and Facebook, were the things that eventually drove me away. I was fed up with never being able to get away from that online life. Because I had easy access to Twitter and Facebook I felt I always needed to be on them and because I could pick up my emails at any time of day or night I did.

Last week I swapped all that for a cellphone that phones and texts. And that's all it does, it doesn't even have a camera.

Image from: samsung.com

It's been a huge liberation. Yes, I still take my phone everywhere with me, but I'm not constantly looking at it. I know that if this phone rings or beeps it's because someone really does want to get hold of me.

I'm not sure I could ever be like my son who only turns his phone on when he wants to make a call, but the fact that I'm no longer always reachable by a squillion different methods and that I can't Tweet my every move is actually a blessing.

It's cheap too a £10 top up lasts ages because there are no frills to spend it on.

I think the only thing I might miss is having a camera handy all the time, but I have a small one I can carry in my bag if it really becomes an issue.

Yes, the freedom of not being online 24 hours a day is a wonderful thing.